George Packer Quotes
Climate change joined immigration, job creation, food safety, pilot training, veterans' care, campaign finance, transportation security, labor law, mine safety, wildfire management, and scores of executive and judicial appointments on the list of matters that the world's greatest deliberative body is incapable of addressing.
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Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of hip-hop, I'm hearing it all from another borough in Brooklyn.
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I'm the type of person who, if somebody offers me a free meal, I get excited because you never know where your next free meal is going to come from.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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I really wanted to break the mold of what modern touring is right now.
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It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
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I'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.
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I'm less concerned about whether being a good corporate citizen burnishes a company's reputation. That's just an added benefit. I believe it's a responsibility, and there is no negotiating on responsibilities.
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Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.
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I never really drank coffee in college, but now I'm on my feet all day and out all night and can't believe it hasn't always been in my life. When morning comes I crave it.
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But if I keep my core and back strong, the scoliosis doesn't really bother me.
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Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
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My mother was a librarian, and she worked at the Black Resource Center in South Central Los Angeles and would call me to tell me stories that she read about that were interesting to her.
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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
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I personally prefer projecting digitally. I guess I'm of that generation where I like that clarity.
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The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011 was an immense tragedy that sparked a global response. The international community came forward with aid to the victims and came together to address the broader concerns about nuclear security and safety.
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Already London is the biggest centre for Islamic finance outside the Islamic world. But today our ambition is to go further still. Because I don’t just want London to be a great capital of Islamic finance in the Western world. I want London to stand alongside Dubai and Kuala Lumpur as one of the great capitals of Islamic finance anywhere in the world.
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Climate change joined immigration, job creation, food safety, pilot training, veterans' care, campaign finance, transportation security, labor law, mine safety, wildfire management, and scores of executive and judicial appointments on the list of matters that the world's greatest deliberative body is incapable of addressing.
